- Define the Conflict of Darfur
The conflict that is happening right now in Darfur, which is a region in western Sudan, is a civil war that is being going on since February 2003.
- Causes & History of the Conflict
Some of the “main” causes for the conflict is since Darfur is so overpopulated, there is not enough land & water for everyone there. No agreements can be made to change that either. Another thing that happened to cause the Darfur problems began when people started accusing the government for things, like when the JEM (Justice & Equality Movement) started saying the Sudanese Government didn’t like the non-Arabs. Because of their color, black arabs were being discriminated against and were told their religion was wrong. Then, the government sent out men called Janjaweed (an army type thing). These men killed anyone they didn’t like and it just led to out of control everything. They raped women, killed children and families and all for the reason “because they could.” Not only did they do those kind of things, but they went through villages in rage, burning everything in sight which forced those people to flee.
2.5 mil people displaced
400,000 died
I haven’t ever really heard much about this conflict, but it is really crazy! Talk about living life in fear. For some reason this sorta made me think of the KKK.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040815/news_lz1e15darfur.html
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